*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?woman+in+the+dark+hammett '''Woman in the Dark: A Novel of Dangerous Romance''']

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?woman+in+the+dark+hammett '''Woman in the Dark: A Novel of Dangerous Romance''']

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A scene from the 1931 movie starring Ricardo Cortez and Bebe Daniels.

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==Art Theft==

==Art Theft==

The Los Angeles Police Department's [http://lapdonline.org/art_theft_detail Art Theft Detail] hosts a site with news, summaries of real cases, and even puzzles allowing you to guess whether a work is real or fake.

The Los Angeles Police Department's [http://lapdonline.org/art_theft_detail Art Theft Detail] hosts a site with news, summaries of real cases, and even puzzles allowing you to guess whether a work is real or fake.

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*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?loot+battle+stolen+ancient '''Loot: The Battle over the Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World'''] by Sharon Waxman

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*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?mistress+of+the+elgin+marbles '''Mistress of the Elgin Marbles''']: A biography of Mary Nisbet, Countess of Elgin by Susan Nagel

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*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?napoleon+of+crime '''The Napoleon of Crime''']: the Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief by Ben Mcintyre

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*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?priceless+went+undercover '''Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures'''] by Robert K. Wittman

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*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?rape+of+europa '''The Rape of Europa''']: the Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War by Lynn H. Nicholas

The International Association of Crime Writers (North American branch) awards the yearly [http://www.crimewritersna.org/hammett/index.htm Hammett Prize] for "literary excellence in the field of crime-writing, as reflected in a book published in the English language in the US and/or Canada." See past winners [http://www.crimewritersna.org/hammett/past.htm here.]

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About the Author

Dashiell Hammett based his "hard-boiled" detective fiction on personal experiences. Leaving home at 13 and working a variety of odd jobs, he was employed by the Pinkerton Agency from 1915 to 1922, except for a tour as an ambulance driver during the Great War. He quit detective work partly from disillusionment from the agency's participation in strike-breaking.

Sam Spade's office was modeled on Hammet's own apartment in San Francisco.

Hammett's Legacy

The International Association of Crime Writers (North American branch) awards the yearly Hammett Prize for "literary excellence in the field of crime-writing, as reflected in a book published in the English language in the US and/or Canada." See past winners here.